What's even more interesting is how your will disappear within 24 hours. Yes, so if you post your latest picture with your bff, it won't stay there forever until you manually pull it down, but disappear just like we see in Snapchat. Those not in the know how, Snapchat is a popular with young users for its ‘disappearing posts’ feature.
WhatsApp assures that only your contacts will be able to see your status, and also says it is end-to-end encrypted, just like your messages. And, the new reinventing status feature will coincide with WhatsApp's eight birthday on February 24.
"We are excited to announce that, coinciding with WhatsApp's 8th birthday on February 24, we are reinventing the status feature. Starting today, we are rolling out an update to status, which allows you to share photos and videos with your friends and contacts on WhatsApp in an easy and secure way. Yes, even your status updates are end-to-end encrypted," founder Jan Koum writes.
This also reminds us of Facebook's obsession with owning a Snapchat-like app. After Instagram Stories, looks like it is ready to integrate the feature within WhatsApp. Facebook, who owns WhatsApp, has attempted to copy Snapchat at failed in the past.
Another highly anticipated WhatsApp feature, which is believed to be under testing, is the ability to . It was just recently that WhatsApp rolled out two-step verification for added security. The feature adds a six digit passcode to WhatsApp. You can check out our step-by-step guide to .